Hosiery retailer slips into Cacique location

The former location of the Cacique lingerie store at Crabtree Valley Mall will house one of the latest divisions of Victoria's Secret, Victoria's Secret Hosiery.

Victoria's Secret lingerie stores carried the hosiery line of one piece body suits known as shapewear, socks, hosiery and swimsuits for two years.

"The concept has gotten so popular we're going to be opening about 20 of the freestanding stores," said Leslie Burger, a spokeswoman for the company. "It'll be a very elegant full-service type of hosiery boutique."

Todd Harrelson, director of real estate for Crabtree, said the new store is expected to open by July.

Intimate Brands Inc. closed 118 Cacique stores earlier this year which were operating at a loss. It is now focused on opening 85 Victoria's Secret stores including 20 Victoria's Secret Hosiery stores, and 180 Bath & Body Works stores in 1998.

Chef Pem Mancuso has left the Black Dog Cafe in Raleigh to open his own restaurant at 311 Glenwood Ave. in space formerly occupied by the French Market.

For now, it's called the Interim Cafe, because Mancuso is running a sandwich shop while he puts the finishing touches on plans to open a full-service, 90-seat fine dining restaurant.

Mancuso purchased the former French Market and an adjoining former TV repair shop to ensure there would be enough room.

As for the Black Dog Cafe, owner Ann Scott -- who is Mancuso's wife -- has hired a new chef.

Vincent's Pizza is coming to Durham and Cary this summer.

Vincent Barresi, owner of the Vincent's on Capital Boulevard in Raleigh, is partnering with Payman Bazooman.

They will open in Durham at 3550 N. Roxboro Road in the former Kenny Rogers building.

They're also opening one in Cary on Kildaire Farm Road near the Outback Steakhouse. Both locations are expected to open by the end of June.

Vincent's features Sicilian style pizza and pastas.

"Everything is made from scratch, literally, even the sauces," Bazooman said.

It didn't matter to burglars recently that they were illegally entering a former Mormon church. Someone broke into the office of the North Carolina Retail Association April 8 and took a stereo, a camcorder and staff attorney Don McCorquodale's laptop computer containing "two years worth of outstanding memos."

The day before the robbery, he had just accomplished downloading his first zip file on the laptop, "which was a big accomplishment for me," he said.

It's the second time the association has been robbed in three months.

The association is moving in May to its new location at 601 St. Mary's St., a former Jewish synagogue.

The second Radio Shack in Chapel Hill opened March 14 in East Gate Shopping Center at 1800 East Franklin St.

"For several years we've seen the need for a second location," said manager Robert Little.